Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky will have to perform a legal incantation Thursday if he follows a probation recommendation and sentences Brock Turner to county jail rather than state prison...

How will Thunder fans greet injured Durant?
Steve Kerr, 3rd season with Warriors (194-38 with Warriors and overall); Billy Donovan, 2nd season with Thunder (95-56 with Thunder and overall)
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Warriors: PG Ste..

A week ago Sunday, in the wake of perhaps the worst game he has ever played, Warriors rookie Patrick McCaw called his father, Jeff.
A longtime high school coach in the St. Louis area, Jeff McCaw offered his critiques before putting things in perspec..

Federer defeated Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5 to win a record-tying fifth BNP Paribas Open title in an all-Swiss final Sunday at Indian Wells (Riverside County) to go with his record 18th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January after missing mos..

Leishman followed that script Sunday to a one-shot victory at Bay Hill in Orlando.
[...] even after his most disappointing shot down the stretch, a 9-iron on the par-5 16th hole that settled 50 feet away from the flag, the 33-year-old Australian kno..

Giants top prospects Arroyo, Beede sent to minors
Told in the morning he would be reassigned to minor-league camp, Arroyo waved goodbye loudly in the ninth inning of Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Brewers.
"Hopefully I left people here with a smile on th..

Lonzo Ball scored 19 points and ignited UCLA?s rally from a poor start with nine second-half assists, lifting the third-seeded Bruins to a 79-67 victory over Cincinnati on Sunday in a South Regional game in Sacramento.
?I don?t know of a more fun ba..

Dwight Clark, the wide receiver who played the starring role in ?The Catch,? the most famous play in 49ers? history, announced Sunday night that he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
ALS, which is commonly known as Lou Gehrig?s disease, is a termina..

49ers teammates rally around Dwight Clark Dwight Clark revealed he had ALS on Sunday night and his announcement on former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr.?s website included a host of statements from many of those close to him. Here are those sentim..

Calgary?s Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan had a goal and two assists each as the host Flames beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Sunday night.
The Flames are one point behind the second-place Ducks and five behind the first-place Sharks.
Lukas Sedla..

Sydney Wiese scored 13 points in her final career game at Gill Coliseum and second-seeded Oregon State advanced in the NCAA Tournament with a 64-52, second-round victory over seventh-seeded Creighton in Corvallis, Ore.
More Stockton Regional: A?ja W..

San Antonio missed its first eight shots and fell behind 14-2, but the Spurs still rolled to a 118-102 rout of visiting Sacramento on Sunday night.
Pau Gasol came off the bench to score 22 points and grab nine rebounds for the Spurs, who moved two g..

General manager John Lynch will lead a group to get an up-close look at the top quarterback draft prospects:
Lynch, vice president of player personnel Adam Peters, senior personnel executive Martin Mayhew and quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello will..

Giants? Denard Span eyes better year after an ice-free offseason
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ?
Life is good when baseball players can do baseball things in the offseason.
Life is good for Denard Span, who seems to be approaching the 2017 season like it?s 20..

Marlins? Martin Prado likely to miss opener with hamstring injury
Miami Marlins third baseman Martin Prado is expected to miss the start of the regular season after straining his right hamstring Wednesday at the World Baseball Classic.
Dodgers outf..

The A?s don?t have an above-average fielder at any spot besides Yonder Alonso at first base, and only a sprinkling of average defensive players:
?We?re hoping it?s improved,? vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane said.
Though some scou..

When Baylor?s 6-foot-7 all-conference post Kalani Brown picked up two quick fouls within the game?s first 70 seconds, Cal seemed to catch a break. Top-seeded Baylor didn?t really miss Brown, who sat for the rest of the first half. Coming off the l..